Aimeos is a powerful e-commerce framework for PHP. It is designed to provide a flexible, modular, and extensible platform for online store development. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps of installing Aimeos on Debian Latest.
Before getting started with the Aimeos installation, you should have the following prerequisites in place:
Before installing any new packages, it's a good idea to update and upgrade the system to ensure that all packages are up to date. You can update and upgrade the system using the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
Aimeos requires some PHP extensions to work correctly. You need to install those extensions by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install -y curl php php-xml php7.3-zip php7.3-mysql php7.3-curl php7.3-intl php7.3-gd php7.3-bcmath php7.3-mbstring
Aimeos uses Composer to manage its dependencies. You should install it before proceeding any further. You can install it by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install -y composer
Now you are ready to download the Aimeos package from the official website. You can download it using the following command:
curl -sSL https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
You can now download and install the Aimeos package using the following command:
sudo composer create-project aimeos/aimeos myshop
This will create a new directory called "myshop" in the current working directory, which will contain the Aimeos installation.
You need to configure your web server to serve the Aimeos installation. If you are using Apache, you need to create a virtual host configuration file. You can create it by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/myshop.conf
And then paste the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName myshop.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/myshop
<Directory /var/www/html/myshop>
AllowOverride All
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from All
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/myshop_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/myshop_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace the "ServerName" and "DocumentRoot" values with your own domain and path, respectively.
Then enable the virtual host by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite myshop.conf
If you are using Nginx, you need to create a configuration file in the "/etc/nginx/sites-available/" directory. You can create it by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/myshop
And then paste the following configuration:
server {
listen 80;
server_name myshop.example.com;
root /var/www/html/myshop;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock;
}
location ~ /\.(?!well-known).* {
deny all;
}
}
Replace the "server_name" and "root" values with your own domain and path, respectively.
Then create a symbolic link to enable the virtual host by running the following command:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/myshop /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Aimeos stores its data in a database. You need to create a new database for the Aimeos installation. You can create it using the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE aimeos;
CREATE USER 'aimeos'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON aimeos.* TO 'aimeos'@'%';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace the "password" value with your own strong password.
You need to install the Aimeos database schema to create the necessary tables. You can install it by running the following command:
cd /var/www/html/myshop
php artisan aimeos:setup --option=setup/default/demo:1
This will create the necessary database tables for Aimeos.
You have successfully installed Aimeos on Debian Latest. You can now visit your website to see the Aimeos storefront.
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